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Inclusive Policing from the Inside Out
By Angela L. Workman-Stark. 2017
This book provides a roadmap for how police services can address incivility in the workplace and become more inclusive from…
the inside out. In the past few years policing has come under increased scrutiny due to a number of police-involved shootings and in-custody deaths, where systemic racism, the inability to effectively confront persons suffering from mental illness, and excessive use of force have been perceived by civil rights groups to play a significant factor. These deaths and the subsequent public outcry have led to various constituents questioning the legitimacy of the police. The book incorporates real stories of police officers and case studies of select police organizations. A look inside a number of these departments has identified an equal concern for incivility within the workplace in the form of gender and ethnic harassment and discrimination. The costs of workplace incivility can be significant as workplace victims are not only likely to decrease their work effort, quality of work, and their level of commitment to the organization, they are also likely to mistreat others in the workplace and to take their frustrations out on those they serve. While these costs have a significant impact for police organizations, incivility by police officers against members of the public can have a much greater impact in terms of eroding perceptions of police legitimacy. This book takes a unique approach in providing a model for police organizations to pursue in becoming more inclusive. To this end, this book will be very relevant for police practitioners, reform advisors, researchers, and graduate-level course in special topics.Serial Homicide
By Agnieszka Daniszewska. 2017
This Brief provides an overview and history of the definition of serial homicide, from the perspectives of psychology, medicine, criminology…
and forensics. It reviews research to provide a standard definition of serial homicide (as opposed to multiple or mass homicide), and provide insights on profiles of victims and offenders for police practitioners. It also includes a discussion of the media approach to covering serial homicide. The Brief is divided into four major sections covering: definitions and overview of serial homicide, profiling perpetrators according to different typologies, profiling victims, applied case studies, and recommendations for investigation and prevention. The author's approach is aimed primarily at researchers in police studies, but will be of interest to researchers in related fields such as criminal justice, sociology, psychology, and public policy.New Approaches to Drug Policies: A Time for Change
By Marten W. Brienen, Jonathan D. Rosen. 2015
The U. S. -led war on drugs has failed: drugs remain purer, cheaper and more readily available than when the…
war on drugs began in 1971. The drug war also has resulted in extreme levels of violence as drug traffickers and organized criminals compete for control of territory. Prohibitionist policies have destroyed the lives of millions of people as prisons warehouse drug offenders. This important volume represents an effort to map new approaches to drug policies. The contributors write from various disciplinary backgrounds and provide crucial insights on a wide-range of topics, including the gang-drug nexus, delinquency, legalization, trafficking, decriminalization, intervention programs and prison reform. This volume also provides a number of policy solutions and alternatives to the current drug strategies. Includes contributions from: Marten W. Brienen, Ted Galen Carpenter, Roger G. Dunham, Gregory Fulkerson, Betty Horwitz, Caitlin Elizabeth Hughes, Hanna Samir Kassab, Ana Maria Lobos, Bradford R. McGuinn, Fida Mohammad, Keri O'Neal, J. Bryan Page, Susan A. Phillips, Vanessa Rayan, Jonathan D. Rosen, Alex Stevens, Steven L. West, and Marcelo Rocha e Silva Zorovich.Police, Picket-Lines and Fatalities: Lessons from the Past
By David Baker. 2014
This study presents a unique overview of the cultural, social and practical aspects of interviewing rape victims. Exploring a range…
of issues that affect rape cases including discourse, gender, attitudes and victim's rights, Rich reveals the complexities of sexual assault and looks to how communities can work to respond to and combat such violence.Policing the Inner City in France, Britain, and the US
By Sophie Body-Gendrot, Catherine Wihtol de Wenden. 2014
This book analyzes and compares the police's inner city presence in France, the US, and Britain. Its authors' research points…
to the idea that the creation of a more inclusive environment is a sound approach for cities looking to better maintain peace, reduce discrimination, and manage the dynamic between police and citizens in inner cities.Rethinking Peacekeeping, Gender Equality and Collective Security
By Gina Heathcote, Dianne Otto. 2014
This book examines how the Security Council has approached issues of gender equality since 2000. Written by academics, activists and…
practitioners the book challenges the reader to consider how women's participation, gender equality, sexual violence and the prevalence of economic disadvantages might be addressed in post-conflict communities.Applying Rawls in the Twenty-First Century
By Martin D. Carcieri. 2015
John Rawls is the most influential political thinker of the twentieth century. Most of the scholarly literature on Rawls defends,…
critiques, or elaborates on some aspect of his theory. These writings are often valuable, yet this book goes beyond them. Like a few scholars, rather than debating whether and how Rawls got things right or wrong, Martin Carcieri take his well-defended principles of justice - especially the equal liberty, fair equality of opportunity, and difference principles atthe core of his theory - as given and apply them to aspects of four major, enduring, concrete domestic policy, ethical, and constitutional issues. These applications yield counter-intuitive implications that will challenge the ideological left and right alike, contributing to our understanding both of Rawls and of these issues. At the core, this book deepens our understanding of these issues and points the way toward rational, just policy reform.Examining Torture
By James P. Pfiffner, Tracy Lightcap. 2014
The United States' use of torture and harsh interrogation techniques during the "War on Terror" has sparked fervent debate among…
citizens and scholars surrounding the human rights of war criminals. Does all force qualify as "necessary and appropriate" in this period of political unrest? Examining Torture brings together some of the best recent scholarship on the incidence of torture in a comparative and international context. The contributors to this volume use both quantitative and qualitative studies to examine the causes and consequences of torture policies and the resulting public opinion. Policy makers as well as scholars and those concerned with human rights will find this collection invaluable.Just the Facts Ma’am: A Case Study of the Reversal of Corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department
By R. Mark Isaac, Douglas A. Norton. 2013
Just the Facts Ma'am is the only book written from an economics perspective that addresses one of the most remarkable…
cases of the reversal of corruption in the history of the United States - a case of corruption in the Los Angeles Police Department.Policing Integration: The Sociology of Police Coordination Work
By Chris Giacomantonio. 2015
This book critically examines coordination work between police officers and agencies. Police work requires constant interaction between police forces and…
units within those forces, yet the process by which police work with one another is not well understood by sociologists or practitioners. At the same time, the increasing inter-dependence between police forces raises a wide set of questions about how police should act and how they can be held accountable when locally-based police officers work in or with multiple jurisdictions. This rearrangement of resources creates important issues of governance, which this book addresses through an inductive account of policing in practice. Policing Integration builds on extensive fieldwork in a multi-jurisdictional environment in Canada alongside a detailed review of ongoing research and debates. In doing so, this book presents important theoretical principles and empirical evidence on how and why police choose to work across boundaries or create barriers between one another.The African Union’s Role in Peacekeeping
By Isiaka A. Badmus. 2015
This study examines the African Union's peacekeeping role in managing African conflicts. Based on a qualitative research methodology, it analyses…
AU peace operations in Burundi and Somalia, and hybrid peacekeeping in Darfur, in order to identify the lessons learned and suggest how future outcomes may be improved.When Police Kill
By Franklin E. Zimring. 2017
Franklin Zimring compiles data from federal records, crowdsourced research, and investigative journalism to provide a comprehensive, fact-based picture of how,…
when, where, and why police use deadly force. He offers prescriptions for how federal, state, and local governments could reduce killings at minimum cost without risking officers’ lives.Researching the Police in the 21st Century
By Colin Rogers, James Gravelle. 2014
The unique position, power and privileges which various states and communities invest in police organisations makes policing a dynamic and…
sensitive area for research. The distinctive culture that exists within the police services makes the challenge of research greater, nevertheless offering commentators and researchers a rare opportunity to investigate and get close to these powerful institutions. This collection explores the importance of undertaking police research, focusing on the difficulties that may be encountered whilst carrying out research of this nature. Using real-life examples from around the world including the USA, UK and Germany, this volume takes a uniquely practical approach to police research, offering valuable solutions and reflections to assist police researchers and undergraduate and postgraduate students in overcoming the barriers which may be experienced whilst undertaking research and providing an essential guide for best practice in this field.The Battle for the Roads of Britain
By David Taylor, Keith Laybourn. 2015
The onset of the automobile, both cars and other vehicles, on British roads brought about a seismic change in the…
social, economic and political history of Britain. Cars fundamentally challenged the established democracy of the road by forcing the authorities to channel the pedestrian, and children, out of the way of the unforgiving automobile and educating them in exercising road safety. They also forced the police to implement the three Es of 'Enforcement, Engineering and Education' – enforcing the law of the road, pressing for new technology for signals and other technologies, and educating school children - in an impartial attempt to ensure that life was protected. In this process, the police should not be seen as the tools of the motorists, middle class or working class, but as the impartial enforcers of legislation, introducing as such the 'policeman-state'. Consequently, policing fundamentally changed in Britain between 1900 and 1970, as the police moved from their 'feet to their seats' in controlling traffic as British policing became more integrated and introduced new technology and modern systems.Policing and Contemporary Governance
By William Garriott. 2013
What is it that police and policing actually do? What are the effects? How are these effects mediated and experienced…
by different people at different times and in different contexts? This volume draws attention to the centrality of police and policing to the project of governance and the experience of being human in the contemporary world.Drugs in Africa
By Gernot Klantschnig, Neil Carrier, Charles Ambler. 2014
This cutting-edge volume is the first to address the burgeoning interest in drugs and Africa among scholars, policymakers, and the…
general public. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading academics and practitioners to explore the use, trade, production, and control of mind-altering substances on the continentBecoming New York’s Finest
By Andrew T. Darien. 2013
After excluding women and African Americans from its ranks for most of its history, the New York City Police Department…
undertook an aggressive campaign of integration following World War II. This is the first comprehensive account of how and why the NYPD came to see integration as a highly coveted political tool, indispensable to policing.Policing for Peace in Northern Ireland
By Joanne Murphy. 2013
This is the first in-depth analysis of the transition from the RUC to the PSNI seen through the eyes of…
key figures, inside and outside the organization. It provides a fresh insight into the wider social and political context in which this change occurred and is a significant contribution to the story of the Northern Ireland peace process.Stop and Search
By Michael Shiner, Rebekah Delsol. 2015
Stop and search is often billed as a vital tool in the fight against crime, yet its use remains controversial.…
Anger and resentment over the misuse of this tactic were widely implicated among the causes of serious public disorder in 1981 and again in 2011, fuelling an ongoing cycle of crisis and reform that has engulfed British policing. This edited collection provides a detailed assessment of stop and search by leading experts in the field. It considers the legal basis of stop and search,the purpose and function of these powers, their effectiveness in tackling crime and their impact on trust and confidence in the police. Stop and Search: The Anatomy of a Police Power directly addresses some of the most controversial aspects of stop and search, including its disproportionate use on people from black and minority ethnic groups, its role in counter-terrorism policing and ongoing attempts at regulation and reform. While the main focus is on England and Wales, the collection shows that the challenges posed by stop and search are fundamental to the policing of diverse, democratic societies across the globe. Includes a foreword by Robert Reiner, Emeritus Professor of Criminology, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.